Unfinished Business

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 13, 2011

New Jersey Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5) weighs in on the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits extensions—and other unfinished business in Washington. Plus: a conversation about the outcome of the UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa; the unrest in Russia and how the announcement of billionaire Nets’ owner Prokhorov's presidential candidacy factors in; lessons from Latin America about economic growth and the middle class; and a study about sleeping on the subway.

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